04/21/09Greenwich Public Schools Press Release: GHS Graduation Speaker Announced

Greenwich High School has selected the Graduation Speaker for the June 19, 2009 program.

See attached for details.

Kim

Kim Eves
Director of Communications
Greenwich Board of Education
290 Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830

www.greenwichschools.org/

Phone: 203-625-7415

e mail: Kim_eves@greenwich.k12.ct.us

Fax: 203-869-8003

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY TO SPEAK AT
GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

(For immediate release: Greenwich, CT – Tuesday, April 21, 2009) Jennifer Psaki, Greenwich High School graduate - Class of 1996, will speak at the Greenwich High School Graduation ceremony on Friday, June 19, 2009 at 5:00 PM.

Ms. Psaki is Deputy Press Secretary and Special Assistant to President Barack Obama, covering issues related to the economy, women, and faith.

As a Greenwich High School student, Ms. Psaki was a member of the National Honor Society; served as co-captain of the state championship swim team and was the sports editor of the high school newspaper, The Beak.

She graduated from the College of William and Mary in 2000 with a degree in English and Sociology and has spent the last decade in the world of politics. She has held positions with the Iowa Democratic Party during the re-election campaigns of Governor Tom Vilsack and Senator Tom Harkin; she worked as Deputy Press Secretary on John Kerry's presidential campaign; and as Communications Director for the Office of Congressman Joe Crowley, Regional Press Secretary at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Most recently she worked as the Traveling Press Secretary for the presidential campaign for, then Senator, Barack Obama. Over the last two years, Ms. Psaki traveled extensively with Senator Obama to campaign events and speeches across the country and overseas during his run for President of the United States. After the election, Ms. Pasaki was appointed Deputy Press Secretary and Special Assistant to President Obama.

For more information, please contact:

Ms. Diane Chiapetta-Fox, Director of Student Activities, Greenwich High School
203-625-8047 or diane_chiapetta_fox@greenwich.k12.ct.us

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